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These are all pictures you have probably seen hundreds of times. But the ones you’re familiar with are sliiiiightly different. You see, these are the uncropped versions, which offer some a glimpse into the way just a little editing can completely change the whole story. With out that a little tweaking, these images might never have become the iconic snapshots that they are.
Above you see the famous picture of Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash jamming at sun Studios in Memphis — it wouldn’t have been the Million Dollar Quartet had the woman sitting on the King’s piano remained in the shot. Then there’s Guerrillero Heroico, that famous portrait of Che Guevara you see stamped all over T-shirts and posters now. What you probably didn’t know was that the profile of another man was cut out of the left side of the print.
The cover of the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is much less magical and psychedelic when you see the studio lights and backdrops.
And the photo of the Unknown Rebel who stood his ground in front of a column of Chinese tanks near Tienamen Square is much less compelling when the figure is just a blurry, nearly indecipherable dot. Close up, it’s moving and emotional. 
Looking at these raw photographs lets you look back in time in a way, and see the scene from a different point of view. And absent of these simple, yet insightful, zooms and clips, these photos might never have been seared into the history books of our brains. [PetaPixel]
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Che’s jacket looks like Michael Jackson’s red thriller jacket (if it were in colour)
That’s what I was thinking. I also never realised its a star on his beret. Always thought it was some kind of crest.
I also want more!
I’d say the Tienanmen Square one is more amazing when you see the full version. That looks like he’s holding back an invasion fleet all by himself!
I guess you do need the cropped version for context though.
That’s what I was thinking, a lot more impressive.
Make that three of us; Tank Man looks mighty brave for taking on that whole army, let alone a single tank!
I agree, the sheer scale of what he was stood in front of is incredible.
ohhh. want more!
This reminds me of another article (maybe from here) of the unused shots from the film rolls of iconic photos. Is the tie amen square shot really a crop and not a zoom?
Good stuff.
I agree that the tienamen square one looks just as awesome as a long shot. Also is the Sargent Pepper one really the same shot used for the cover or just a picture of how the studio was set up, why would a professional photographer who had full control of the shoot include stuff in the picture that they weren’t going to use?
But keep in mind the effect of the cropped shot has already pervaded society, and that it is in your conciousness as you view the fuller shot. It still looks powerful because you know well the zoomed shot of the student standing firm in the face of tens of tonnes of steel. If this was the shot originally released, there is no way it would have been as powerful or emotive.